Courtney Adriaansen

Review of Masterpiece Tattoo & Body

My mother and I have been wanting to get a very pe...

My mother and I have been wanting to get a very personal tattoo together and we decided spur of the moment to go to masterpiece tattoo in Salem. To say I was disappointed in their professionalism is an extreme understatement. I came in with a drawing of the exact tattoo that my mother and I drew up for it and the woman at the counter tried drawing it multiple times, making the letters upside down and hard to read. Seeing as it is going on my body forever and on my lower forearm I want it to be legible. And not just say yes to her poorly drawn up rendition of mine just so I can stop being picky . She was irritated that I wanted it to be like the photo I showed her. After trying to get that fixed someone came in after us and picked an easy design from one of the books. When we said we were ready she made us feel bad for taking long so we had to wait for the next artist. She told us how much it would be and then we met our tattoo artist. He was fantastic though and that was the only pleaseant experience that came from masterpiece tattoo. While we were finishing up, my mother and I had both gotten two tattoos each. Taking less than 4 hours to complete the woman behind the counter came into our room and said to our tattoo artist you have lost us 3 customers for taking so long, when will you be done? We were so surprised on how unprofessional and rude that was. After we finished our tattoo we got all wrapped up and ready to go. We then go to the counter and the lady tells us it s going to be $200 dollars more than what she originally told us. then went on to yell at me saying it was my fault because I took so long ....... me, the person sitting in the chair getting a tattoo... apparently it was my mother and I s fault. She then got her husband who I believe is the owner of the shop to come and try to stick up for her even though he did not see her many failed attempts at drawing a simple tattoo of a kite was also blaming me and my mother. He also didn t see her extreme attitude and eye rolls we got. Between my mother and I we have 2 half sleeves and about 20 other tattoos. Never have I ever been treated so poorly or with such disrespect. I would NEVER recommend this tattoo shop to anyone.